The company states that the phone experience will be pure Android--it’s a normal Android phone. When the device is connected to a computer screen, however, it launches a full Ubuntu desktop on the ...

Canonical has released an Ubuntu and Android dual boot preview for developers. This lets developers test the ability to easily boot back and forth between Android and Ubuntu on mobile devices. We are ...

A group of developers hope to unite several Linux-based mobile distributions with a common Android base that will make it easier for them to run on Android hardware. The developers are aiming to ...

Is Android just Linux? This is one of those frustrating questions that seems like it should have a straightforward ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer, even though you can install a Linux desktop on Android. Still, ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Canonical is making good on its promise to bring its popular Ubuntu flavor of Linux to a broader range of devices by announcing Ubuntu for Android, a release that will enable a full desktop computing ...

Canonical—the company responsible for the Ubuntu Linux distro— announced today a fully functioning build of Ubuntu for Android devices. The Ubuntu Unity build will boot after the phone is docked to a ...

Android has long been focused on running mobile apps, but in recent years, features aimed at developers and power users have begun pushing its boundaries. One exciting frontier: running full Linux ...

Want to use Android's Linux terminal with one of Samsung's new Galaxy S26 handsets? These are the models you'll need.

Canonical has launched a new Android app that lets Ubuntu One users stream music from the cloud to an Android device. The Ubuntu One service lets you upload files from an Ubuntu Linux computer to the ...